Pinned welcome to the cafe

WaxQueen · May 27th 2014, 1:13pm

Welcome quickster47!!!

Storm · May 27th 2014, 1:14pm

Just uploaded a bunch of photos from my camera. Have more on my phone but don't know when I will get them into the computer. Either I got smarter hiking or it got easier to upload photos. Had no problem with it this time.

jimmyjam · May 27th 2014, 1:19pm

Storm wrote:

Just uploaded a bunch of photos from my camera. Have more on my phone but don't know when I will get them into the computer. Either I got smarter hiking or it got easier to upload photos. Had no problem with it this time.

Nice photos Storm! Darn, it looks like you are having a blast. Now I hate you.
Just kidding. Wish I was out there.

odd man out · May 27th 2014, 2:12pm

milkman wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

I'll see if I can dig it up and post it later on tonite. I'm blowing and raking Magnolia leaves right now. Very pretty trees but a pain in the ass to take care of. Depending on how the wind blows I gotta rake 2 - 3 times a week or the leaves will smother the grass. But, I'll put that pic up.

Just mow the leaves. That's what I do.

Rasty · May 27th 2014, 2:12pm

Storm wrote:

Just uploaded a bunch of photos from my camera. Have more on my phone but don't know when I will get them into the computer. Either I got smarter hiking or it got easier to upload photos. Had no problem with it this time.

You must be smarter. I surely didn't fix anything around here.

odd man out · May 27th 2014, 2:14pm

CoachLou wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

not the "Piping Plover taste like chicken" pic :ohmy:

We got Killdeer nesting in our backyard. They look like a Piping Plover. Can I eat them?

Rasty · May 27th 2014, 2:16pm

Storm wrote:

Just uploaded a bunch of photos from my camera. Have more on my phone but don't know when I will get them into the computer. Either I got smarter hiking or it got easier to upload photos. Had no problem with it this time.

Nice photos. Where is the zip line?

Astro · May 27th 2014, 3:09pm

Storm wrote:

Just uploaded a bunch of photos from my camera. Have more on my phone but don't know when I will get them into the computer. Either I got smarter hiking or it got easier to upload photos. Had no problem with it this time.

I say lets go with hiking makes you smarter.

Astro · May 27th 2014, 3:12pm

odd man out wrote:

milkman wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

I'll see if I can dig it up and post it later on tonite. I'm blowing and raking Magnolia leaves right now. Very pretty trees but a pain in the ass to take care of. Depending on how the wind blows I gotta rake 2 - 3 times a week or the leaves will smother the grass. But, I'll put that pic up.

Just mow the leaves. That's what I do.

Takes care of fertilizing the yard at the same time.
All the ULers out there ought to appreciate multipurpose approach there.

odd man out · May 27th 2014, 4:22pm

Astro wrote:

odd man out wrote:

milkman wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

I'll see if I can dig it up and post it later on tonite. I'm blowing and raking Magnolia leaves right now. Very pretty trees but a pain in the ass to take care of. Depending on how the wind blows I gotta rake 2 - 3 times a week or the leaves will smother the grass. But, I'll put that pic up.

Just mow the leaves. That's what I do.

Takes care of fertilizing the yard at the same time.
All the ULers out there ought to appreciate multipurpose approach there.

Where I live, bagging, raking, burning leaves and grass clippings is like a religion. So the Turf Grass Research Institute at MSU did a research project. They compared plots where leaves and clippings are raked vs plots where they are mulched. After many years it is clear that plots with mulched leaves and clippings are better. I tell this to people all the time and they refuse to believe me since they have been told their whole life they have to rake/bag/burn leaves and clippings or it kills the grass.

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/smart_gardeners_mulch_fallen_leaves_into_lawn_to_save_money
http://www.turf.msu.edu/managing-yard-waste-to-preserve-water-quality

Rasty · May 27th 2014, 4:33pm

odd man out wrote:

Astro wrote:

odd man out wrote:

milkman wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

I'll see if I can dig it up and post it later on tonite. I'm blowing and raking Magnolia leaves right now. Very pretty trees but a pain in the ass to take care of. Depending on how the wind blows I gotta rake 2 - 3 times a week or the leaves will smother the grass. But, I'll put that pic up.

Just mow the leaves. That's what I do.

Takes care of fertilizing the yard at the same time.
All the ULers out there ought to appreciate multipurpose approach there.

Where I live, bagging, raking, burning leaves and grass clippings is like a religion. So the Turf Grass Research Institute at MSU did a research project. They compared plots where leaves and clippings are raked vs plots where they are mulched. After many years it is clear that plots with mulched leaves and clippings are better. I tell this to people all the time and they refuse to believe me since they have been told their whole life they have to rake/bag/burn leaves and clippings or it kills the grass.

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/smart_gardeners_mulch_fallen_leaves_into_lawn_to_save_money
http://www.turf.msu.edu/managing-yard-waste-to-preserve-water-quality

Golf courses don't collect clippings.

Astro · May 27th 2014, 7:01pm

Rasty wrote:

odd man out wrote:

Astro wrote:

odd man out wrote:

milkman wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

I'll see if I can dig it up and post it later on tonite. I'm blowing and raking Magnolia leaves right now. Very pretty trees but a pain in the ass to take care of. Depending on how the wind blows I gotta rake 2 - 3 times a week or the leaves will smother the grass. But, I'll put that pic up.

Just mow the leaves. That's what I do.

Takes care of fertilizing the yard at the same time.
All the ULers out there ought to appreciate multipurpose approach there.

Where I live, bagging, raking, burning leaves and grass clippings is like a religion. So the Turf Grass Research Institute at MSU did a research project. They compared plots where leaves and clippings are raked vs plots where they are mulched. After many years it is clear that plots with mulched leaves and clippings are better. I tell this to people all the time and they refuse to believe me since they have been told their whole life they have to rake/bag/burn leaves and clippings or it kills the grass.

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/smart_gardeners_mulch_fallen_leaves_into_lawn_to_save_money
http://www.turf.msu.edu/managing-yard-waste-to-preserve-water-quality

Golf courses don't collect clippings.

If it is good enough for the golf courses, it should probably be good enough for the rest of us.

jimmyjam · May 27th 2014, 7:20pm

Astro wrote:

odd man out wrote:

milkman wrote:

Astro wrote:

ATM,
You should post your Florida Dunes picture on the Sandy Blazes thread.

I'll see if I can dig it up and post it later on tonite. I'm blowing and raking Magnolia leaves right now. Very pretty trees but a pain in the ass to take care of. Depending on how the wind blows I gotta rake 2 - 3 times a week or the leaves will smother the grass. But, I'll put that pic up.

Just mow the leaves. That's what I do.

Takes care of fertilizing the yard at the same time.
All the ULers out there ought to appreciate multipurpose approach there.

I haven't raked leaves or clippings in years and years. Mulching mower is the way to go and cut the grass often enough that you don't get long clippings that build up thatch.

Wise Old Owl · May 27th 2014, 7:35pm

For those that do have leaves and nocturnal mice in backyards that is the source of deer ticks - they cannot survive in sunny grass. I found in a recent class that deer ticks need blood meals in order to get from larva to adult and mice provide the meal....

LoboSolo · May 27th 2014, 9:08pm

i golf. i'm an 18 handicap

Wise Old Owl · May 27th 2014, 9:30pm

You are an amazing individual - but I doubt you have need for any handicap.

Rasty · May 27th 2014, 9:34pm

LoboSolo wrote:

i golf. i'm an 18 handicap

From the ladies or mens tees? :sly::what::cool:

LoboSolo · May 27th 2014, 9:35pm

WiseOldOwl wrote:

You are an amazing individual - but I doubt you have need for any handicap.

you mean that? whoa! i always thought i was a douche

OzJacko · May 27th 2014, 9:36pm

I used to golf.
Handicap was 12.

LW if TOS is "just an internet site" why do they feel it necessary to put the following on my logon?

You have been banned for the following reason:
TOS #13
Date the ban will be lifted:Never

I have not been on the site since February and was previously banned until 25th May.
I can only assume the ban was extended for my comments in here.
By the way, I had paid for silver membership.

Rasty · May 27th 2014, 9:38pm

OzJacko wrote:

I used to golf.
Handicap was 12.

LW if TOS is "just an internet site" why do they feel it necessary to put the following on my logon?

You have been banned for the following reason:
TOS #13
Date the ban will be lifted:Never

I have not been on the site since February and was previously banned until 25th May.
I can only assume the ban was extended for my comments in here.

Welcome to the club!

OzJacko · May 27th 2014, 9:39pm

Rasty wrote:

OzJacko wrote:

I used to golf.
Handicap was 12.

LW if TOS is "just an internet site" why do they feel it necessary to put the following on my logon?

You have been banned for the following reason:
TOS #13
Date the ban will be lifted:Never

I have not been on the site since February and was previously banned until 25th May.
I can only assume the ban was extended for my comments in here.

Welcome to the club!

Does this mean we play off scratch in this club?
49.gif

Rasty · May 27th 2014, 9:42pm

OzJacko wrote:

Rasty wrote:

OzJacko wrote:

I used to golf.
Handicap was 12.

LW if TOS is "just an internet site" why do they feel it necessary to put the following on my logon?

You have been banned for the following reason:
TOS #13
Date the ban will be lifted:Never

I have not been on the site since February and was previously banned until 25th May.
I can only assume the ban was extended for my comments in here.

Welcome to the club!

Does this mean we play off scratch in this club?
49.gif

OK

Storm · May 27th 2014, 10:09pm

[quote

Nice photos. Where is the zip line?[/quote
That zip line swing thing was crossing a stream to get to the "Captains".
He lets hikers camp in his back yard. Had the fridge full of cold sodas. There was a clothesline to dry your stuff. Water was available at an outside line. Everything was free and he didn't even ask for donations but was left a few anyway. He wasn't even home the night I camped there. Left a sign on the door that said "Gone Fishing, enjoy the pop."

Storm · May 27th 2014, 10:11pm

LoboSolo wrote:

i golf. i'm an 18 handicap

Good thing we didn't get to play golf, you would have kicked my butt.

Wise Old Owl · May 27th 2014, 10:57pm

LoboSolo wrote:

WiseOldOwl wrote:

You are an amazing individual - but I doubt you have need for any handicap.

you mean that? whoa! i always thought i was a douche

I am a guy who doesn't hold grudges - I am not who you think I am.

Wise Old Owl · May 27th 2014, 11:15pm

OzJacko wrote:

I used to golf.
Handicap was 12.

LW if TOS is "just an internet site" why do they feel it necessary to put the following on my logon?

You have been banned for the following reason:
TOS #13
Date the ban will be lifted:Never

I have not been on the site since February and was previously banned until 25th May.
I can only assume the ban was extended for my comments in here.
By the way, I had paid for silver membership.

Sort of a right of passage... like getting the Order of the Arrow (highest in Boy Scouts)

Astro · May 27th 2014, 11:19pm

Storm wrote:

LoboSolo wrote:

i golf. i'm an 18 handicap

Good thing we didn't get to play golf, you would have kicked my butt.

Yeah, but I am sure you still would have had fun.

max.patch · May 28th 2014, 7:38am

i bet astro already knew this, but i saw something last night which really annoyed me.

the braves - red sox baseball game was on espn and was also on the braves network, so i was flipping back and forth to get both perspectives. turner field has 2 advertising billboard that are visible to the tv viewer when the batter is at the plate.

the billboard on the left side of the screen for some reason was not turned on last nite; it was a solid green. when watching the braves network feed this is what you saw. however, when watching the espn feed they superimposed espn upcoming shows on this screen.

so when espn broadcast the game, they actually broadcast something that was not part of the game. thats just wrong.

OzJacko · May 28th 2014, 8:37am

max.patch wrote:

i bet astro already knew this, but i saw something last night which really annoyed me.

the braves - red sox baseball game was on espn and was also on the braves network, so i was flipping back and forth to get both perspectives. turner field has 2 advertising billboard that are visible to the tv viewer when the batter is at the plate.

the billboard on the left side of the screen for some reason was not turned on last nite; it was a solid green. when watching the braves network feed this is what you saw. however, when watching the espn feed they superimposed espn upcoming shows on this screen.

so when espn broadcast the game, they actually broadcast something that was not part of the game. thats just wrong.

Wouldn't be an issue if baseball wasn't so batshyte boring and you could watch the game instead.
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BirdBrain · May 28th 2014, 9:38am

OzJacko wrote:

I used to golf.
Handicap was 12.

LW if TOS is "just an internet site" why do they feel it necessary to put the following on my logon?

You have been banned for the following reason:
TOS #13
Date the ban will be lifted:Never

I have not been on the site since February and was previously banned until 25th May.
I can only assume the ban was extended for my comments in here.
By the way, I had paid for silver membership.

It is this kind of story makes me wonder about a great many things. The 2 most pertinent being why this does not evoke a different mindset in the friends of the abused and if I belong on any social site. I lost a quality friend because I spoke my mind before. I would rather stop wondering about the 1st pertantent wondering, but I believe that will only happen if I answer the 2nd wondering. For my part OZ, I am mad as hell at your treatment. I do not go through life just saying "oh well at least it wasn't me." I don't understand people that do. I would rather not think about it. Which is why I believe I have my answer to my 2nd wondering. I don't belong on social media. I am not a hooray for me and to hell with you type person and I have a big mouth.

grayblazer · May 28th 2014, 9:49am

mice provide the meal....[/quote]

Better mice than ox ...

grayblazer · May 28th 2014, 9:52am

By the way, I had paid for silver membership.[/quote]

I'm guessing you won't do that again.

max.patch · May 28th 2014, 10:31am

like shoeless joe jackson, pete rose, warren doyle, and ozjacko, i am also banned for life.

my crime? i started a thread with a simple question (paraphrasing since i can't log in and search): i haven't been to millinocket since my thru. i'm returning sometime this summer. do the real hikers still hang out at the appalachian trail cafe?

that was it . no more and no less. some people answered the question honestly and seriously. others -- as i knew they would -- played around with it.

at the trial i was given a 3 month sentence. after 3 months my family gathered at the prison gate ready to take me home and rejoin society. but the warden met them at the gate and told them to leave without me. my sentence had been changed to life.

max.patch · May 28th 2014, 10:38am

OzJacko wrote:

Wouldn't be an issue if baseball wasn't so batshyte boring and you could watch the game instead.
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the real athletes have left baseball for football and basketball. here's self proclaimed real athlete 50 cent throwing out the first pitch at a mets game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkIuKiuE4k

CoachLou · May 28th 2014, 10:50am

Just a little reminder where some real athletes are.

Astro · May 28th 2014, 11:17am

max.patch wrote:

i bet astro already knew this, but i saw something last night which really annoyed me.

the braves - red sox baseball game was on espn and was also on the braves network, so i was flipping back and forth to get both perspectives. turner field has 2 advertising billboard that are visible to the tv viewer when the batter is at the plate.

the billboard on the left side of the screen for some reason was not turned on last nite; it was a solid green. when watching the braves network feed this is what you saw. however, when watching the espn feed they superimposed espn upcoming shows on this screen.

so when espn broadcast the game, they actually broadcast something that was not part of the game. thats just wrong.

I agree. I grew up when the fences were green (except maybe Wrigley when the ivy was dead). That was when professionals were happy just to be paid something for playing the game they loved. Now there is way too much emphasis on the money, from player salaries, way over priced food and tickets, to advertising, etc..

Still it is sorta like women, you put up with it, because it is still the best sport in the world (at least IMHO).

Astro · May 28th 2014, 11:26am

OzJacko wrote:

max.patch wrote:

i bet astro already knew this, but i saw something last night which really annoyed me.

the braves - red sox baseball game was on espn and was also on the braves network, so i was flipping back and forth to get both perspectives. turner field has 2 advertising billboard that are visible to the tv viewer when the batter is at the plate.

the billboard on the left side of the screen for some reason was not turned on last nite; it was a solid green. when watching the braves network feed this is what you saw. however, when watching the espn feed they superimposed espn upcoming shows on this screen.

so when espn broadcast the game, they actually broadcast something that was not part of the game. thats just wrong.

Wouldn't be an issue if baseball wasn't so batshyte boring and you could watch the game instead.
gif.014

Most interesting and strategic sport there is. Just need to get to understand it more and all of the details. Having coached baseball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball, with the other three combined I have never second guessed myself anywhere near as much. And maybe that is what it is, I approach it more from a coaches perspective and all the different variables you have control over. Abundance of relevant statistics and strategy.

Astro · May 28th 2014, 11:28am

Storm wrote:

[quote

Nice photos. Where is the zip line?[/quote
That zip line swing thing was crossing a stream to get to the "Captains".
He lets hikers camp in his back yard. Had the fridge full of cold sodas. There was a clothesline to dry your stuff. Water was available at an outside line. Everything was free and he didn't even ask for donations but was left a few anyway. He wasn't even home the night I camped there. Left a sign on the door that said "Gone Fishing, enjoy the pop."

When I went by there in October I must have been to focused on my feet on something, because I missed the zip line to the Captains.

Astro · May 28th 2014, 11:32am

max.patch wrote:

like shoeless joe jackson, pete rose, warren doyle, and ozjacko, i am also banned for life.

my crime? i started a thread with a simple question (paraphrasing since i can't log in and search): i haven't been to millinocket since my thru. i'm returning sometime this summer. do the real hikers still hang out at the appalachian trail cafe?

that was it . no more and no less. some people answered the question honestly and seriously. others -- as i knew they would -- played around with it.

at the trial i was given a 3 month sentence. after 3 months my family gathered at the prison gate ready to take me home and rejoin society. but the warden met them at the gate and told them to leave without me. my sentence had been changed to life.

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe deserved it. You, Oz, Warren Doyle, and Buck Weaver DO NOT!

Astro · May 28th 2014, 11:34am

CoachLou wrote:

Just a little reminder where some real athletes are.

Never doubt the toughness of Hockey players.

Now good judgement, that is another issue.

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